Results, Ridings & Candidates

Dubuc

2008 Results

DUBUC
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		167/167 polls
LIB	Serge Simard	9,723	42.85	Elected
PQ	André Michaud	9,272	40.86
ADQ	Robert Emond	2,789	12.29
QS	Marie Francine Bienvenue	708	3.12
IND	Fernand Bouchard	199	0.88

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Quebec.

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Riding profile: Part of Lac-St-Jean region; La Baie, Laterrière are the biggest towns.

Dubuc contains the municipalities of Bégin, Ferland-et-Boilleau, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Petit-Saguenay, Rivière-Éternité, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget, Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Saint-Félix-d'Otis, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Honoré and Sainte-Rose-du-Nord.

It also contains the Mont-Valin region and Saguenay except for the towns of Chicoutimi, Jonquière and Lac-Kénogami.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Dubuc (PDF). (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: Riding created before 1966 election from parts of Chicoutimi and Jonquière-Kénogami.

Minor changes in redistribution before 1989 and 1994 elections.

In 2001 redistribution, lost to Charlevoix riding the Saagard region (164 electors) in the southeast corner, 0.4 per cent of riding.

Political history: 1973 - LIB Since 1976 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 70.30 per cent; No - 29.70 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.6 per cent French: 99.2 per cent Other: 0.3 per cent Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1973	Liberal Ghislain Harvey defeated Parti Québécois's André Desgagné. Union Nationale's Roch Boivin was third.
1976, 1981 and 1985	Parti Québécois's Hubert Desbiens defeated Liberal Harvey. Desbiens was re-elected in 1981 and 1985.
1989	Parti Québécois's Gérard R. Morin defeated Liberal Antonin Tremblay.
1994	Parti Québécois's Morin defeated Liberal Jeanne Lavoie.
1998	Parti Québécois's Jacques Côté defeated Liberal Claude Richard. Appointed minister of housing, Jan. 30, 2002.
2003	Parti Québécois's Côté defeated Liberal Johnny Simard by 44 votes.
2007	Parti Québécois's Côté defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Robert Émond.

DUBUC
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	159/159 polls
PQ	Jacques Côté	10,120	37.58	Elected
ADQ	Robert Emond	8,401	31.20
LIB	Johnny Simard	7,077	26.28
QS	Marie-Francine Bienvenue	728	2.70
GRN	Michel Marécat	602	2.24

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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